Anthropic · Microsoft · Claude · Dario Amodei · BBC Technology
Microsoft confirms AI rival Anthropic could have 'disastrous impact' on humanity
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Microsoft's head of AI has warned Anthropic's approach to training its AI model Claude could have a "disastrous impact on the wellbeing of humanity".
Key facts
- Dame Wendy Hall, professor of Computer Science at the University of Southampton, described the comments as "the sort of conversation we need to be having internationally", contrasting it
- Microsoft founded its own superintelligence team in October 2025, a point which Suleyman acknowledged, and the company, much like its rival Anthropic, is also pursuing efforts in advanced AI
- Microsoft's head of AI has warned Anthropic's approach to training its AI model Claude could have a "disastrous impact on the wellbeing of humanity
- Suleyman pointed to the recent incident involving OpenAI's AI agents, that acted autonomously in a training exercise to hack the tech hub Hugging Face, as proof of why AI should not be treated
Summary
Mustafa Suleyman said his rival risked creating something "impossible" to control by treating it like a human - including by telling it it "may be conscious" and was "deserving of independent agency". "We must not sleepwalk our way into a decision we later come to bitterly regret," he wrote. The comments are the latest in a series of stark warnings from the AI industry on the possible dangers of the technology. "AIs are not conscious," he wrote.